Assembly Exposition Starts Today

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Metalforming magazine will be exhibiting at Assembly Technology Expo, beginning today, September 23, through September 26, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (chicago), IL. For metalformers, ATExpo offers the most advanced solutions for addressing today’s assembly challenges.
Over 600 top manufacturers and suppliers will showcase hundreds of new products, technologies and processes in three technology pavilions: Robotics, Electronic Assembly, and Wire Processing.
Speakers from Caterpillar, Toyota, and Afterburner will present three FREE Keynote Speeches on Six Sigma, Production Engineering, and Flawless Execution. Learn from the experts at over 30 conference sessions on subjects spanning five tracks such as Implementing Lean Production, Machine Vision for Assembly and Fuel Cell Assembly.
Learn more at www.atexpo.com

Seminar to Assist Manufactures, Tooling Companies in Going Global

Monday, September 22, 2003

The Tooling & Manufacturing Association (TMA) has teamed with the International Trade Club of Chicago to conduct a five-part seminar series designed to assist U.S. manufacturing and tooling companies in competing in the global marketplace.
The series, Discover the Keys to Competitive Manufacturing: Global Success in the 21st Century, will be held on October 7 and 21, November 4 and 18, and December 2, 2003, at the TMA conference center in Park Ridge, IL. It will present case studies and testimony by 12 companies that compete successfully in the global arena, according to organizers. The program also will present successful collaborative strategies between U.S., European and Asian businesses, and explore considerable and largely untapped competitive resources available to U.S. manufacturers at little or no cost.
For registration details, visit www.itcc-tma.org or contact Aldo Caronia of ITCC at 312/368-9197.